how do i change color of ink printer is using--e.g. red instead of bla

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How do I change the color of ink that prints out of my HP Deskjet 820Cse for Windows? e.g. red instead of black.

 

[jlasman]

As far as I know, the 820 is a Windows only PPA printer
that does not contain a PCL interpreter; therefore, the
application and the printer driver have to do it for you.

For example, in MS Word or MS Publisher you can select
text color under FORMAT -> FONT -> FONT COLOR.

For PCL inkjets, there is the foreground color command
in the form

<esc>*v#S

where the # is the index value for the color. Legal values
are:
0 - Black
1 - Cyan
2 - Magenta
3 - Blue
4 - Yellow
5 - Green
6 - Red

If you wand Red text the enter <esc>*v6S and then later
should you want black text... <esc>*v0S


Jim Asman